Specifically, we do a lot of work on Pentagon and military oversight in those areas. We’ve got plenty of recommendations around how to improve ethics standards across all three branches of government. So we’ve got plenty of recommendations around that kind of thing. Is there equity in that spending? Is there accountability in that spending and so on. We do think that there is always the need, kind of an evergreen need to keep better track of spending and where it’s going, who it’s impacting. And you hit on some of the key high level points there. We call it the Baker’s Dozen, because there are 13 broad categories of recommendations. So we we do put out this report at the start of every new Congress. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Tell us what you think is the top of the list, though, this year that what the 118th Congress should do?ĭylan Hedtler-Gaudette Sure.

Tom Temin In some ways, the advice kind of never changes, have better oversight over spending, better accountability and transparency into spending. For the highlights, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, POGO’s Government Affairs manager. For decades, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) has issued a list of 13 steps Congress could take to restore trust in government, improve program performance, and keep things honest. Tom Temin In some ways, the advice kind of never changes, have better oversight over spending.īarely two months old, the 118th Congress is getting advice from all over. For the highlights, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, POGO’s Government Affairs manager.

Barely two months old, the 118th Congress is getting advice from all over.

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